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OIL GAB'INET. N Pax tented July 21', 1885.

VVHResses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I HEINRICH KRoEMME BEIN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

OIL-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,834, dated July 21, 1885.

Application filed May 5, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH KRoEMMEL-. BEIN,a citizenof the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oil-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in the combination, in an oil-cabinet,with the body thereof, adapted to contain any fluid to be stored therein, having in its upper part a removable horizontal shelf or partition placed between the handle of the pump of said cabinet and the delivery spout thereof, said shelf or partition being constructed with a flange projecting downwardly from the lower side of each of its edges, upon the lower side of which flange is a corrugated edge, of a grooved rail attached to the inner sides of the walls of said cabinet, the outer edge of said groove being higher than the inner edge thereof, said groove being adapted to receive the corrugated support and a part of the the flange of said removable shelf or partition, and which, while forming a support for the same, at the same time, in connection with said corrugated support and flange, forms a conduit to conduct waste fluid spilt on said shelf into the fluid-chamber of said cabinet, and in connection with said flange and waste fluid forms a stop to prevent the escape of vapor from said cabinet.

The invention also consists in the combination,with an oil-cabinet adapted to contain oil and other similar fluids, and having near its upper part a removable horizontal shelf or partition placed between the handle of the pump of said cabinet and the delivery-pipe thereof, said movable shelf or partition being constructed with a downwardly projecting corrugated support upon which it rests, and being sustained by a grooved rail attached to the inner side of the walls of said cabinet, of a pump adapted to raise a fluid from within the fluid-chamber of said cabinet to a place of delivery above said horizontal shelf or partition, said pump being so constructed and placed in said cabinet that the handle is in front of said shelf or partition and the delivery-spout thereof passes up behind said shelf or partition, and said pump having in the guide-plate of its handle a tube which em- (No model.)

braces the piston-rod, and is capable of being set in. various positions in said guide-plate, whereby the length of the stroke of the piston of said pump can be adjusted and facility afforded for measuring the flow of fluid from the delivery-pipe of said pump.

The invention also consists in certain other combinations and details of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Figure I is a view of the oil-cabinet herein described and claimed. This view is partly in section and partly in elevation. Fig. II is a view of the pump-handle and its adjusting apparatus. Fig. Ill isaview of a strip of sheet metal ready corrugated to attach to the under edge of the flange K, more fully hereinafter described. Fig. IV is a view partly in section showing how the said corrugated metal strip K is attached to the bar K. Fig. V is a sectional view showing the shelf K and some of the parts of the cabinet which accompany it.

A A designate the top, walls, and bottom of the cabinet, which may be of any construction suitable for containing illuminating-oil or any other fluid which is to be stored in the chamber below the shelf or partition K. The top is curved so as to accommodate the lattice V, which is capable of being drawn forward with its ends in the guiding-grooves V, so as to close the top of the cabinet, and when released is drawn back and rolled up on the roller -V-by means of a spring in any well-known way.

Near the top of the cabinet is ashelf or partition, K. This shelf or partition extends across the space between the rails L and T from back to front of the cabinet, and also from, side to side. between similar rails in the same way. On the under side of this shelf or partition K, at the edge, is a flange, (designated by K,) which extends all around its sides. This shelf K audits bar K may be made of wood and sheathed with sheet-zinc or any other suitable material; or they may be made of sheet metal and bent in proper form. The flange K has a corrugated edge, K*, which is made of corrugated sheet metal of the form illustratedby K* of Fig. III, and attached to it by solder or in anyother convenient way, as illustrated in Fig. IV. This corrugated metal edge is made alittle wider than the bar K, but of proper width to flt nicely in the groove L of the rail L and the groove L of the rail T. The outer edge of these grooves is much longer than the inner edge, so that the inner edge, when the shelf K is in position, will not reach up to the bottom of the shelf K, and the corrugated edge K*, fitting neatly in the grooves L, and being a little wider than the bar K, holds the shelf K in such a position that all waste oil or other fluid which runs upon the shelf will have room to flow down between its edges and the inner facilitate this the pump E I is set diagonally in the cabinet with its handle E reaching up in front of the shelf K, and the delivery-tube I I reaching up behind said shelf, and both handle and tube so arranged and constructed as in no way to hinder the taking out and putting in of the said shelf K. On account of the fact that the flange K reaches down below both the edges of the groove L, the fluid standing in the groove higher than the bottom of said flange, and acting as a valve, confines any vapor that may be in the cabinet, so that it cannot escape to produce noisome smells or unexpected casualties.

The pump E I is set in a diagonal position, with its handle E extending upward in front, as before described. The delivery-pipe I conducts the fluid raised by the pump to the nozzle I, where it is received into a vessel sitting on the shelf K, for use or sale, as may be required. It is evident that if the piston be moved through the whole length of the cylinder the fluid flowing into the cylinder will fill all the space between the induction-valve and the piston, and that when the piston makes its return-stroke it will force out from the delivery-nozzle I an amount of fluid equal to that capacity. If the piston make half a stroke, half as much fluid will be delivered, so that the length of the stroke of the piston will always determine the amount of fluid delivered. If the length of the stroke of the piston be so regulated that it will be constant, and that the amount of fluid contained in the pump-cylinder be a quart, then a quart will be delivered at each stroke of the piston; but it is also evident that the flow of fluid may be thus regulated to any desired amount within the capao-' ity of the cylinder. To accomplish this the guide-plate H is constructed with a hub, H, which is provided with a set-screw, 11*. In this hub H and embracing the piston-rod F is the tube H, which may be held in any desired position by the set-screw H The stop F on the rod F, coming against the lower end of the tube H, limitsthe outward motion of the piston. The inward motion of the piston is limited by an obstruction in the lower end of the cylinder. By varying the position of the tube H so that it will extend more or less below the plate H, the stroke of the piston may be so-adjusted that the desired amount of fluid will be delivered from the nozzle 1 at each stroke, and the necessity of a retail dealer using an ordinary measure to determine the amount of fluid poured into a vessel will be obviated.

This cabinet, otherwise than as described, is used in the same way as common oil-cabinets are used by retail dealers and other persons requiring them.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In an oilcabinet, the combination, with the body thereof adapted to contain any fluid stored therein, having in its upper part a removable horizontal shelf or partition placed between the handle of the pump of said cabinet and the delivery-pipe thereof, said shelf or partition being constructed with a flange projecting downwardly from each of its edges, upon the lower side of which flange is a corrugated support, of a grooved rail attached to the inner sides of the walls of said cabinet, the outer edge of said groove being higher than the inner edge thereof, said groove being adapted to receive said corrugated edge and a part of the flange of said removable shelf or partition, and while forming a support for the same, at the same time, in connection with said corrugated edge and bar,to form a conduit to conduct waste fluid spilt on said shelf into the fluid-chamber of said cabinet, and in connection with said flange and said waste fluid form a stop to prevent the escape of vapor from said cabinet, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with an oil-cabinetadapted to contain oil and other similar fluids, and having near its upper part a removable horizontal shelf or partition placed between the handle of the pump of said cabinet and the delivery-pipe thereof, said removable shelf or partition being constructed with a downwardly projecting corrugated edge, upon which it rests, and being sustained by a grooved IIO rail attached to the inner side of the walls of said cabinet, of a pump adapted to raise a fluid from within the fluid-chamber of said cabinet to a place of delivery above said horizontal shelf or partition, said pump being so constructed and placed in said cabinet that the handle is in front of said shelf or partition and the delivery-spout thereof passes up behind said shelf or partition, and said pump having in the guide-plate of its handle atube which embraces the piston-rod and is capable of being set in various positions in said guide-plate, whereby the length of the stroke of the piston of said pump may be adjusted and facility afforded for measuring the flow of fluid from the delivery-pipe of said pump, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In an oil-cabinet, the combination of the shelf or partition K, the flange K, and the corrugated edge 11*, with the rail L with the groove L and lip L*, and the rail '1 with the groove L and the lip T*, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In an oil-cabinet, the combination, with the pump E I, of the rod F, the stop F, the plate H, the hub or neck H, the tube H, the set-screw H*, and the rail L, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. An oil-cabinet composed of the body A A, the lattice V, working in the groove V and rolling up around the roller V, the removable partition or shelf K, having the flange K 

